{"id":"MET-ATL-053","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton Counties and the City of Atlanta)","state":"GA","metro":"ATL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"MARTA (General Manager/CEO Jeffrey Parker)","authority":"MARTA Act (Ga. L. 1965, p. 2243, as amended); agency operating authority","instrument":"MARTA COVID-19 essential-service reduction (bus service reduced to 41 routes effective Apr. 20, 2020) and employee telework/hiring freeze (Mar. 17, 2020), as posted on the agency\u0027s coronavirus page","title":"MARTA coronavirus page (captured May 1, 2020): \u0027Effective April 20th, MARTA is reducing bus service to 41 routes to prioritize essential transit service during the COVID-19 pandemic\u0027","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20","end":"","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER","TELE"],"addressees":["MARTA riders","MARTA employees"],"clause":"Attention riders: Effective April 20th, MARTA is reducing bus service to 41 routes to prioritize essential transit service during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Employees and consultants who can work remotely should begin teleworking beginning Tuesday March 17 through March 31.... A hiring freeze is implemented effective immediately.","enforcement":"Agency operating decision under the emergency","functions":["WF workforce commuting (bus network cut from about 110 routes to 41)","CB customers reaching stores, clinics and offices by transit"],"notes":"AJC (mid-March 2020): MARTA suspended bus fare collection and moved to rear-door boarding from Thursday, March 19, 2020; rail ridership down 67 percent and bus ridership down 55 percent versus February.","sourceUrl":"https://www.itsmarta.com/coronavirus.aspx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501/https://www.itsmarta.com/coronavirus.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":332546,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-ATL","url":"/library/MET-ATL-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-ATL-053","citation":"MARTA (General Manager/CEO Jeffrey Parker), MARTA COVID-19 essential-service reduction (bus service reduced to 41 routes effective Apr. 20, 2020) and employee telework/hiring freeze (Mar. 17, 2020), as posted on the agency\u0027s coronavirus page (Ex. MET-ATL-053)","stateName":"Georgia","related":[]}